Stone gathering and loading machine.



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STONE GATHERING AND LOADING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED In. 25:,"1910.

966,964. i Patented Aug. 9, 1910. v l I s sums-45mm 1.

WITNESSES H. W. THOMAS.

STONE GATHERING AND LOADING MACHINE.

I APPLIUATIOH FILED MAR. 28, 1910. 966,964. Patented Aug. 9,1910.

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WITNESSES INVENTOFI H. W. THOMAS. STONE GATHERING AND LOADING MACHINE.

APPLIUATION FILED KAILZB, 1910.

Patented Aug. 9,' 1910.

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INVENTOR WITNESSES N ITEI) STATES PATENT oFmoE,

HOWARD W. THOMAS, OE CHARLEROI, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TO W H. GASWAY AND ONE-THIRD IO J. E. MANSFIELD, BOTH 0F MONESSEN, PENN- SYLVANIA.

s'ronn carnnnmennn LOADING MACHINE.

' Patented Aug. 9, 1910.

Application filed March'28, 1910. Serial No. 551,980.

To all whom it may concern:

lie it kfiown that I, HOWARD W. TrioMAis, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Charleroi, in the county of Wash. ington and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements 111 Stone Gathering and Loading Machines,

a machine for scooping dirt, stones and other matter onto anenolless conveyer from where it is adapted to be deposited into a suitable.

vehicle accompanying the machine.

. Another ObJBOt of this invention is to provide a machine that can be advantageously used by road builders and farmers for gathering and conveying stones to a stone crusher, dirt and other matter to a suitable place, the machine being easily adjusted for' gathering dirt and stones or one independently of the-other;

A further object of the invention is to provide a machine of the above type that is simple in construction, durable, easy to manipulate, and. highly eiiioient for saving time and labor in removing dirt, st'dnes and other matter from roads, fields or other surfaces.

With these and such other objects in view as may hereinafter appear as the invention is better understood, the same consists of the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter specifically described and then claimed.

Reference will now be had to the drawings forming a part of this specification, wherein-z Figure 1 is a side elevation of the machine.-

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of'the saine. F ig, 3 isa plan of the machine show, ing the same accompanied by a vehicle.

Fig. 4 is a vertical cross sectional view of the machine. Fig. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view of the scoop adjusted for gathering stone. Fig. 6 is a front elevation of the same. Fig. 7 is a longitudinal sectional view of a stone gathering support for the endless conveyer. Fig. 8 is a plan of the same, and Fig. 9 is a longitudinal sectional new of one of the bearings for the dirt and stone gathering support.

-".nwardly, as at 3, and connected by a bolt 4 and a nut 5 to the rear end of the tongue 6. The bars 1 and 2 are connected by a bolster 7 and the outer sides of the bars 1 and 2 in 1 longitudinal alinement with. the bolster 7 are provided with stub axles 8 for the hubs 9 of wheels 10 and 11.

12 and 13 denote hangers carried by the outer sides of the bars 1 and 2 adjacent. to the axles 8, and pivotally connected to said hangers intermediate the ends thereof by pins 1 1 are the arms 15 of a scoop, said scoop comprising triangular side plates 16 connected by transverse braces 17 adapted to support either a plate 18 or the longitudinal bars 19 constituting a grate which will allow small matter as dirt to pass through the scoop, while stones and lar er matter will be carried rearwardly upon the bars when the machine is in operation.

20 denotes a stirrup having the lower ends thereof connectedto the upper edges of the side plate 16 of the scoop and the upper end of said stirrup is pivotally connected, as at 21, to a bell crank lever 22 pivotally mounted in the bifurcated end 23 of a forwardly extending bracket 24, mounted centrally upon the bolster 7. One side of the bracket 24 is provided with a rack 25 adapted to be engaged by a spring-pressed locking lever 26 carried by the lever 22, said locking lever being of a conventional form commonly used in connection with throttles and other levers for holding the throttle or lever in an adjusted and locked position.

27 denotes bearings carried by the inner sides of the hangers 12 at the lower ends thereofand journaled insaid bearings is a shaft 28 having the end thereof extending through the hanger 13 and provided with a slidable collar 29 adapted to rotate with said shaft, said collar having a gear wheel 30 mounted thereon adapted to mesh with a large gear wheel 31 mounted upon the hub 9 of the wheel 10. Engaging the collar 29 is the yoke 32 of a lever 38 plvotally mounted by a outer side of the hanger 13.

pin 35 in bearings 36,. carried by the The reference numeral 37 denotes rearwardly extending brackets secured to the supporting bars and having the confronting sides thereof cut away, as at 38, to receive the side rails 39 of a conveyer support, the side rails being provided w1th apertures 40 to receive pins 41 detachably mounted in the brackets 37, the a ertures 40 being arranged whereby the inclination of the rails 39 can be adjusted. The forward ends of the rails 39 are adapted to rest upon the bearings 27 of the han ers l2 and 13, and said rails are connected braces are adapted to sup ort a plate 43 or longitudinal slats 44, the ormer being used when dirt is gatheredand the latter during to the type-of conveyer used in connection with the machine. g

, 48 denotes an inclined chute carried by the u per ends of the rails 39, and this chute is a apted to discharge matter from the conveyer into a wagon or suitable vehicle 49 accompanying the machine at one side thereof. The chute 48 can be reversed to discharge into a vehicle at the opposite side of the machine or the chute can be dispensed with and a vehicle attached to the rear art of the machine through the medium 0 a yoke 50 attached tothe bars 1 and 2 and normally held in an elevated position by outwardly extending pins 51 carried by said frames.

In operating the machine the scoop can be raised or lowered through the medium of the lever 22 and the operation of the conveyer controlled through the medium of the lever, 33 and the shiftable gear wheel 32.

The machine can be used as an a ricultural implement, for instance for digging and loading potatoes, turnips, and other vegetables.

The machine can be provided with a suitable drivers seat, and while in the drawings there is illustrated the preferred embodiments of the invention, it is to be understood that the structural elements thereof can be varied or changed, as to the size, shape and manner of assemblage without departing from the scope of the invention.

What I claim is:

1. A machine of the type described comprising a pair of supporting bars, stub axles projecting from said bars, wheels mounted upon said axles, a gear wheel carried by and revolving with one of said wheels, a bolster connecting said bars together, a pair of hangers depending from sa1d bars rearwardly of said bolster, a scoop pivotally connected at its rear to said hangers at a point intermediate the ends thereof, brackets connected to said y transverse braces 42. These bars rearwardly of said bolster and projecting rearwardly from the bars, bearings at the lower ends of said hangers, a conveyor support mounted at its forward end upon said bearings and extending through and supported by said brackets, an endless conveyer carried by said support and including an operating shaft'journaled in said bearings and projecting from one of said hangers, a shiftable gear wheel mounted upon the projecting end of said shaft, and means for movin said shiftable gear wheel into and out of operative engagement with respect to the gear wheel carried by one of the supporting wheels.

2. A machine of the type described comprising a pair of supporting bars, stub axles projecting from sa1d bars, wheels mounted upon said axles, a gear wheel carried by and revolving with one of said wheels, a bolster connecting said bars together, a pair of han ers depending from said bars rearwardly of said bolster, a scoop pivotally connected at its rear to said hangers at a point intermediate the ends thereof, brackets connected to said bars rearwardly of said bolster and projecting rearwardly from the bars, bearings at the lower ends of said hangers, a conveyer support mounted at its forward end upon said bearings and extending through and supported by said brackets, an endless conveyer carried by said support and including an operating shaft journaled in said bearings and pro ecting from one of said hangers, a shiftable gear wheel mounted upon the projecting end of said shaft, means for moving said shiftable gear wheel into and out of operative engagement with respect to the gear wheel carried by one of the supporting wheels, a bracket projecting forwardly from said bolster, and means carried by said forwardly projecting bracket and connected with said scoop for adjusting the latter.

3. A machine of the type described comprising a pair of supporting bars, stub axles projecting from sa1d bars, wheels mounted upon said axles, a gear wheel carried by and revolving with one of said wheels, a bolster connecting said bars together, a pair of hangers depending from said bars rearwardly of said bolster, a scoop pivotally connected at its rear to said hangers at a point intermediate the ends thereof, brackets connected to said bars rearwardly of said bolster and projecting rearwardly from the bars, bearings at the lower ends of said hangers, a conveyer support mounted at its forward end upon said bearings and extending through and supported by said brackets, an endless conveyer carried by said support and including an o crating shaft journaled in said bearings an projecting from one of said hangers, a shlftable ear wheel mounted upon the projecting en of said shaft, means for moving said shiftable gear wheel into and out of operative engagement with respect to the gear wheel carried by one of the supporting wheels, and means for adjustably connecting the conveyer support to said rearwardly-extending brackets. 4. A machine of the type described comprising a' pair of supporting bars, stub axles projecting from said bars, wheels mounted upon said axles, a gear wheel carried by and revolving with one of said wheels, a bolster connecting said bars together, a pair of han ers depending from said bars rearward y of said bolster, a scooppivotally connected at its rear to said hangers at a point intermediate the ends thereof, brackets connected to said bars rearwardly of said bolster and projecting rearwardly from the bars, bearings at the lower ends of said hangers, a conveyer support mounted at its forward end upon said bearings and extending through and supported by said brackets, an endless conveyer carried by said support and including an operating shaft journaled in said bearings andprojecting from one of said hangers, a shiftable gear wheel mounted upon the projecting end of said shaft, means for moving said shiftable gear wheel into and out of operative engagement with respect to the gear wheel carried by one of the supporting wheels, a bracket projecting forwardly from said bolster, means carried by said forwardly projecting bracket and connected with said scoop for adjusting the latter, and means for adjustably connecting said conveyer support to said rearwardlyextending brackets.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

HOWARD w. THOMAS.

Witnesses:

J. E. MANSFIELD, WM. H. GASWAY. 

